It is unfortunate the exorbitant number of misguided views on parenting in addition to the naive belief that a bigger, stronger person is guaranteed to emerge victorious in battle simply because of size. This is not necessarily an accurate analysis of a realistic situation.
Have any of you ever seen a small cat cornered by a big dog? A cat determined to survive will fight for it's life. If protecting it's offspring is a part of that equation, the viciousness of it's attack will increase tenfold. A person is no different. America's Most Wanted and the news have reported on seemingly defenseless elderly people who fought back against a young thug attempting to bully and rob them. There is a lot of ignorance shown in this column.
It's serious and often fatal mistake to underestmate a person simply because of their size, or determination to survive. It is clear to me that those who believe this have never been in a real fight for survival. I have seen a small skinny woman attack a big guy who wanted to have his way with her by force and he lost an eye for his trouble and suffered injuries to his face and groin. To this day, he doesn't take such a woman or man smaller than him lightly.
He learned his lesson. He had to check himself in the emergency room. This woman clearly had a determination to survive and fighting back was her powerful impulse. If a child were involved, I doubt he'd be walking.
In truth, not everyone who fights back survives, but when someone goes down fighting, it's not a fight the other person wants ever to repeat with someone else who has that kind of fighting instinct to survive. Therefore, the next person may make the difference and accomplish what the previous person did not.
It is always a matter of time. Never underestimate a person's size. A bully will always focus his attention on someone who doesn't fight, not someone who is determined to fight whether he/she loses or not.
The woman in this case apparently didn't have that determination to survive and protect her child. Thaht makes all the difference, it's not about size. Remember, "It's not the size of the person in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the person."
Have any of you ever seen a small cat cornered by a big dog? A cat determined to survive will fight for it's life. If protecting it's offspring is a part of that equation, the viciousness of it's attack will increase tenfold. A person is no different. America's Most Wanted and the news have reported on seemingly defenseless elderly people who fought back against a young thug attempting to bully and rob them. There is a lot of ignorance shown in this column.
It's serious and often fatal mistake to underestmate a person simply because of their size, or determination to survive. It is clear to me that those who believe this have never been in a real fight for survival. I have seen a small skinny woman attack a big guy who wanted to have his way with her by force and he lost an eye for his trouble and suffered injuries to his face and groin. To this day, he doesn't take such a woman or man smaller than him lightly.
He learned his lesson. He had to check himself in the emergency room. This woman clearly had a determination to survive and fighting back was her powerful impulse. If a child were involved, I doubt he'd be walking.
In truth, not everyone who fights back survives, but when someone goes down fighting, it's not a fight the other person wants ever to repeat with someone else who has that kind of fighting instinct to survive. Therefore, the next person may make the difference and accomplish what the previous person did not.
It is always a matter of time. Never underestimate a person's size. A bully will always focus his attention on someone who doesn't fight, not someone who is determined to fight whether he/she loses or not.
The woman in this case apparently didn't have that determination to survive and protect her child. Thaht makes all the difference, it's not about size. Remember, "It's not the size of the person in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the person."